January 31, 2018      4:49 PM
Speaker Straus calls for hearings on HHSC audit of Medicaid provider
“This audit highlights serious weaknesses in HHSC’s oversight of its own contracts…taxpayers have a right to expect that the Commission will hold providers to contract requirements
Texas
House Speaker Joe
Straus is calling for legislative hearings to account for the Health
and Human Services Commission allowing a managed care provider to net
$30 million in incentives and bonuses.
The Uniform Managed Care Manual
specifically prohibits incentive payments, according to the audit released
this week.
By Kimberly Reeves
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